27th Annual Wendish Fest Schedule of Events

Featured entertainment this year will be the German-Sorbian Volkstheatre Bautzen and LaGrange High School German Club performing on stage following the Live Auction!

Each year the Texas Wendish Heritage Society host a festival on the fourth Sunday in September. This years event will be on September 27. Events are scheduled throughout the day beginning with the church services at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Childrens Activities

Twenty-Seven Years in Review

A special exhibit in reflection of 27 years of Wendish Fest celebrations will be on display. Please take time to view the exhibit, share past memories and make new ones during the 27th annual Wendish Fest!

The Museum Complex

The Museum Complex will be open from 10:00 until 5:00.

Peter Building

General help and Information

Library

Genealogy

St. Paul Building (North side of the Courtyard)

Permanent Exhibits

Thank You

The Texas Wendish Heritage Society gratefully acknowledges the continued support received from TWHS members who are from seven countries and forty-one states plus the District of Columbia.

Additional THANKS is extended to St. Paul Lutheran, the local community, City of Giddings, Giddings Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsors and volunteers for Wendish Fest.

10 Responses

Wendish Fest is a Heritage Festival celebrating the Wends who came to Texas in 1854 in search of freedom from religious, economic and social oppression.
Our festival includes exhibits and demonstrations of Wendish folkways and traditions, one of which is sauerkraut, which will be available in one of the vendor booths. Sauerkraut is also served as part of the traditional noon meal (tickets $9.00) and in the afternoon snack booth.
Thank you!

Please steer me toward a nice B&B or motel/hotel in the area. I would like to stay in the area for a couple of nights and attend the festival. If you would give me the address, I would like to contribute to the museum as a member.

We will be visiting friends in the Luling, TX area before or after the festival.

I am a Mo Synod Lutheran, and attended Valparaiso University my freshman year in college.

I grew up in Perry County, MO about 10 miles from Altenburg in Farrar, MO. Attended German services regularly as a small boy. Even the parochial school classes were in German then, but I have lost my ability to understand German as an adult. My family immigrated in 1848 to Wittenburg, and later moved to Brazeau and eventually to Farrar, MO.

The length of our visit will depend on your advice about how long it will require to see and experience the local Wendish traditions and points of interest without a hurried rush.

Please respond by e-mail to klausjim09@gmail.com, txt to 575-706-2700, mail to 204 E. Church Street Carlsbad,NM 88220, or by calling the -2700 number.